Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Meekoceratidae
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262
Belongs to Juvenites according to K. Tongtherm et al. 2016
See also Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Smith 1927 and Spath 1934
Sister taxa: Juvenites canadensis, Juvenites dieneri, Juvenites edelsteini, Juvenites laevis, Juvenites medius, Juvenites multiconstractus, Juvenites septentrionalis, Juvenites sinuosus, Juvenites spathi, Juvenites tenuicostatus, Juvenites thermarum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bear Lake, Pseudosageceras multilobatum subzone, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 13.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (4 collections), Pakistan (2), United States (4: Idaho)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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